Bottle-stopper.



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JOSEPH HARRIS, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. GGSA JA, dated February19, 1901.

Application filed. December 8, 1900. fierial No. 39,166 (No model.)

To (all whom, ill/(Ly concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH HARRIS, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Stoppers, of which the followingis a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accom panying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inbottle-stoppers, and has for one object the provision of novel meanswhereby the stopper is always retained in the neck of the bottle.

A further object of the invention is to con struct a stopper of thisclass that may be easily opened and closed as desired.

A still further object of the invention is to construct a bottle-stopperthat will be extremely simple in its construction, strong, durable, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

With the above and other objects in View the invention finally consistsin the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter morefully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and whereinlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral Views, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of theneck of a bottle with my improved stopper applied thereto, showing theposition of the same as it is inserted in thebottle. Fig. 2 is a similarView showing the stopper in a closed position and in dotted linesillustrating the movement of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of thestopper detached from the bottle, the lower portion of the same beingshown in vertical section. Fig. 4: is a perspective View of the washer.Fig. 5is a perspective view of the stopper proper. Fig. 6 is a view ofthe plate carrying the apertured lug.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the neck of thebottle, and 2 represents the inverted- U -shaped loop, having formed onits free ends eyes 3 for the reception of the inwardly-extending lugs 4cof the loops 5.

The reference-numeral 6 indicates the stopper proper, having annularrecessed upper face 7 and a square opening formed centrally therein anddesignated by the reference-numeral 8.

9 represents a metallic washer seated in the annular recess 7 of thestopper, and 10indicates a plate carrying an upwardly-extendingaperturedlug 11, said lug passing through the opening 8 in the stopper proper andalso through the Washer 9. The cross-bar that connects the two armsforming the loop 5 passes through the apertured lug 11 and forms a hingeconnection between the stopper and the said loop 5.

It will be noted that by pulling on the loop portion 2 the stopper iseasily placedin position in the neck of the bottle, and when it isdesired to open the same the loop 2 is depressed. In order to remove thestopper from the bottle or insert the same, the stopper proper, 6, istilted, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and may then be easilyforced into the neck of the bottle.

The many advantages obtained by the use of my improved bottle-stopperwill be readily apparent from the foregoing description taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details ofconstruction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a bottle-stopper, thecombination of a loop 2 carrying eyes 3 formed on its free ends, a loop5 having inwardly extending lugs adapted-to engage said eyes, a stopperhav-' ing a recessed portion on its upper face, a washer adapted to fitin said recessed portion, a plate carrying an upwardly-extending lugadapted to extend through said stopper proper and washer and connectedto the loop 5, all parts being arranged and operating substantially asset forth and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH HARRIS. \Vitnesses:

JOHN NOLAND, E. E. POTTER.

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